Software Delivery Contract Job Trends in South London

Software Delivery
London > South London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South London citing Software Delivery skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 - 36
Rank change year-on-year - - +9
Contract jobs citing Software Delivery 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in South London 0.32% - 0.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.42% - 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 - £463
Median % change year-on-year - - -15.91%
75th Percentile - - £494
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £563 £550 £525
% change year-on-year +2.27% +4.76% -12.50%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South London

Software Delivery falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing process or methodology skills in South London.

6 months to
29 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills 240 160 181
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South London 77.17% 90.40% 88.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 151 105 118
10th Percentile £413 £255 £205
25th Percentile £463 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £508 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.37% +1.50% -1.96%
75th Percentile £664 £600 £600
90th Percentile £725 £714 £729
London median daily rate £550 £540 £550
% change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 2 5
10th Percentile £15.34 - -
25th Percentile £17.71 - £17.25
Median hourly rate £33.60 £17.98 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +86.87% -7.79% -62.64%
75th Percentile £65.60 - £71.88
90th Percentile - - £75.79
London median hourly rate £32.50 £31.49 £37.50
% change year-on-year +3.21% -16.03% -6.05%

Software Delivery Job Vacancy Trend in South London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Software Delivery relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South London.

Software Delivery job vacancy trend in South London

Software Delivery Daily Rate Trend in South London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South London citing Software Delivery.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South London citing Software Delivery

Software Delivery Contract Job Locations in South London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Delivery within the South London region over the 6 months to 29 October 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Job Ads
Past 6 Months
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Croydon - 1 £535 - 1
Software Delivery
London

Software Delivery Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Agile100.0%1
1CI/CD100.0%1
1Configuration Management100.0%1
1Containerisation100.0%1
1DevOps100.0%1
1Infrastructure as Code100.0%1
1Microservices100.0%1
1Scrum100.0%1
1Task Automation100.0%1
1Test Automation100.0%1